Ballet for beginners?

Im an adult who wants to take ballet for beginners, how hard is it? Does it help you lose weight (is it good exercise) Its an hour and half class, how many calories can you burn?

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First of all, good job for even wanting to try. How hard is it? - Well, you will get a lot of French terms thrown at you along with the movement and it will be rather overwhelming at first. The key is stay with it. You can burn a lot of calories - though not as many as if you did running or jogging for the same amount of time. You will achieve great muscle tone, flexibility and control. Your posture will improve, and you will move with more grace. Unless you take at least 2 classes a week or more, I'd look at ballet as more of a body toning exercise than something to lose weight with.

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Adult ballet is fun! It isn't hard at all, but it is a challenge because the names of the steps are in French and it is learning something new. But, don't let that stop you. It teaches coordination, balance, and builds strength. It isn't known for burning calories, but any exercise helps your general health and would depend on the teacher and the class. I wouldn't count on it for taking off pounds, but it would be a great part of an exercise routine.
hi! ive done ballet for 10 years, probably it wil ltake some time to find a suting class, its challenging to remember ll the commands at the beggining, keeping posture...when u start the real dancing, u will defenelty sweat, everything has to be perfect, hands, legs, neck, tommy, behind, back...

but it fun, and u make friends

gud luck!

P.s: yeah, u lose calories!
It's not difficult, but a question of retraining muscles to think a new way and act a new way.

Also it is good exercise, but it is anaerobic rather than aerobic exercise so it doesn[t take pounds off that quickly. You need to supplement it with cardio.